Morris tribune., 1887-01-12
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PROCEED
lNGS---January Session, 1887
FIRST DAY.

FIRST DAY.
Jan. 4th, 1887
The board of County Commissioners
of Stevens County met at the Audi
tors office in said county on Tuesday
January 4th, A. D. 1887 in pursuance
oflaw.
Present: Henry Hutchins, l.. II.
Pushor, George G. Thorpe, .. A.
Dohlen and John c. Hancock. duly
elected and qualified Commissioners
OF Stevens Comfy.
The board being called to order by
the auditor, proceeded to choose by
ballot a chairman for the ensuing
year.
Commissioner l.. III. Pushor was
chosen as chairman of the board on
the first formal ballot, for the ensuing
year.
motion of Mr.. Hutchins the
amount of penalty for the bond OF }.
f. Favrow, County Treasurer elect
was fixed ut twenty thousand Dollars
($2O.OOO}
On motion of Mr.. Hutchins the
amount of penalty for the bond OF
George NJ. Giltinan, county Auditor,
was fixed at five thousand dollars
$4,000 and that all bonds be referred
to the county attorney for approval.
The bond of the sheriff with George
. h. Munro as principal and John
House, Ole c. Hanson, Archibald A..
Stone and Henry B. Wolff OF Stevens
County, state of Minnesota, as
sureties, in the sum of five thousand
dollars $4,000 was approved.
The bond OF the incoming Treasurer
with Joseph E. Favrow as principal
aud Theodore II. Barrett, George Z.
Darling, Henry B. Wolff and Ole G.
Hanson rs surities in the sum of
twenty thousand dollars [$2O,0OO}
was approved.
The amount of the penalty Tor
coronor's bond was fixed at FIVE hun
dred dollars s(50O.)
The County Surveyors bond with
Daniel T. Wheaton, as principal and
Hubert L. Hulburd and Archibald A.
Stone as sureties in the sum Of FIVE
hunderd dollars ($5OO.OO) was ap-
proved.
On motion the board took recess
until o'clock p. IN.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The County Board Of Audit consist
ing OIL. H. Pushor, chairman of the
board of commissioner, Samuel
Larson, clerk of the district court,
and George NJ. Giltinan, County
Auditor, reported to the board OF
commissioners the witnessing and at
testing by said board of audit Of the
transfer aud delivery of accounts,
books, vouchers and funds by Hugh
Whiteley the outgoing County
Treasurer to hissuccessor (by Deputy
in Office (see report On file) The re-
port was accepted and adopted.
The Coroner's bond with Hubert L.
Hubbard as principal and Daniel T.
Wheaton and Archibald A. Stone as
sureties in the sum of five hundred
dollars $500 was approved.
The Judge of Probate's bond with
George F. Darling as principal and
Ole G.. Hanson and Archibald A.
Stone as sureties in the sum of one
thousand dollars $1OOO)was approved
The County attorneys bond with
Calvin L. Brown as principal and
William Wunsch and Henry B.
Wolff as sureties in the sum of
one thousand dollars $4,000 was ap-
proved.
The county Auditors bond with
George NJ. Giltinan as principal and
Samuel Larson, William B. Hancock,
Christ Flatner, Albert DeKay Micha ell
F. Finnegan and Charles Wintermute
as sureties in the sum offive thousand
dollars $4,000 was approved.
The Court Commissioners bond
with William L. Colyer az principal
John D. Good and Charles Winter
thousand dollars (s200O.) was approved
Mr.. Thorpe moved that . license be
granted to P. w. Durkee to sell at
public auction in Stevens county.
said Durkee to comply with require
ments of the statutes. The motion
was seconded and agreed to.
In pursuance Of the provisions Of
sec 107 of chapter general statutes Of
1878 the board selected from the
qualified electors Of the several
election districts of the County Of
Stevens state of Minnesota the fol-
lowing named persons from whom the
Grand Jurors, to serve as such for
said county, shall be selected.
Hannibal 81. Ellsworth, Rendsville.
Stephen Johnson,
Peter Brant, 4"
Edward Harstad, 4"
Nickel Henrickson, Framnas.
Anon L. Hegland,
Austin Thomasson,
Samuel Olson,
Theodore Linstad,
Louis D. Perkins, Swan Lake.
Carl Podratz,
Benjamin Falk, 4"
Peder o. Thorstad, d"
Matthias Ehlen,
Theodore Fl. Barrett Donnelly.
John B. Rohrenback,
John g. Donnelly,
John w. Eddy, Morris.
Samuel d. Heath, I"
Dewitt G. Smith,
Gardner G.. T0wner, {"